The heartbeat of modern Uzbekistan’s thriving market culture.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.

A building facade covered with the statues of 11 giants of Tajik literature.

The world's second-tallest flagpole stands proud despite dropping rank.

Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

The world's biggest floating museum in Gothenburg, Sweden.

A concrete mushroom that divided Stockholm residents for nearly a century.

A former suicide bridge is now accumulating symbols of love instead of a body count.

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

This bridge's unique architecture honors nautical heritage and encourages self-awareness.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

A little-known cafe in an old copper bridge tower with 360-degree views of the harbor.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.